Auction clearance rate in Sydney and Melbourne, the capitals of those states, have also regularly topped 80% in recent months, a sharp turnaround on earlier this year when tighter restrictions from lenders — as a result of regulatory changes from APRA, Australia’s banking regulator — saw investor activity in the market slow sharply.

It now appears that this is reversing, and it’s little wonder given the returns since 2011.

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